Raghavender D.

DevOps Engineer

Cumming, Georgia, United States12 yrs 3 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

20+ years of experience in security leadership.
Expert in architecting cloud-native security frameworks.
Proven track record in compliance acceleration.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned security architect specializing in cloud-native solutions and compliance frameworks.

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Skills

Core Skills

Network SecurityAwsRisk Management

Other Skills

Big data SecurityISO 27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS)Enterprise Risk ManagementApplication SecurityPenetration TestingVulnerability ManagementAgile MethodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)SecurityInformation SecurityLinuxIdentity ManagementCloud ComputingUnixNetworking

About

As a security leader with 20+ years across ADP, CareFirst, USDA, and World bank, I architect cloud-native security frameworks that balance innovation with compliance saving enterprises 30-40% on security costs while accelerating SOC2/ISO 27001 readiness. What I deliver: AI & LLM Security – Zero-trust assessments for AWS GenAI workloads WAF & CDN Architecture – Designed enterprise-grade WAF rules blocking 99.9% of OWASP Top 10 attacks Compliance Acceleration – 90-day path to SOC 2 / ISO 27001 Fractional CISO for Startups – Security leadership on-demand Zero-Trust Migration – Hands-on workshops for hybrid cloud Hard skills used daily: AWS (IAM, WAF, Shield, GuardDuty, GenAI), API Security, CEH, CHFI, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor, Threat Modeling, SAST/DAST, Nessus, AppScan, F5 ,HA Proxy , Python automation. "I secure the future of enterprises by architecting Zero-Trust foundations and safe Generative AI adoption turning cutting-edge innovation into compliant, scalable advantage."

Experience

12 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Adp

Senior Security Architect

Jun 2024 – Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Alpharetta, Georgia, United States · Hybrid

Senior Security Architect

Carefirst bluecross blueshield

Sr Security Consultant

Dec 2019 – Jun 2025 · 5 yrs 6 mos · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Hybrid

Usda

Security Architect

Jun 2016 – Dec 2019 · 3 yrs 6 mos · VA

Network SecurityBig data SecurityISO 27001 Information Security Management System (ISMS)Enterprise Risk ManagementApplication SecurityPenetration Testing+4

Fedex

Sr Manager - Cyber security

Nov 2015 – Jun 2016 · 7 mos

World bank group

Risk Management Consultant

Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 · 1 yr

Work with Business IT teams to continually improve the security posture of their application portfolios.
Creation of a sustainable security framework to allow secure technology standardization
Develop business cases for the adoption of new technology, standards and processes.
Review projects for security concerns and provide security guidance to business partners
Provide guidance to engineering and support teams on security risks
Support management in understanding architectural information risk

Big data SecurityRisk Management

Cognizant

Sr Security Consultant

Sep 2010 – Nov 2015 · 5 yrs 2 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

Project Planning, Effort estimates, Proof of Concept (POC) and Resource management.
Developing the database security based tools
Implementation of Security tools like HP Web inspect, IBM APP Scan, Nessus.
Information security,Mobile security , Web Application security , Network security , Big Data security , Cloud Security Consulting Architecture & Engineering,Source code review.
Static Application Security and Dynamic Application assessment of web, Network, Mobile, SSRS, Relational Database and client-server applications, Threat modeling and Resource management.

Network SecurityBig data Security

Resolver ( former agiliance itgrc)

Governance Risk Compliance Engineer

Oct 2008 – Jan 2010 · 1 yr 3 mos

Threat & Vulnerability Management, Incident Management, Automated Data Collection, Security Assessment, Business Continuity Management, Notifications, Workflows management.
Provide consulting services around IT GRC products as part of SCCS's ITGRC offering which includes product implementation and integration
Involved in the research and development of security content for various standards such as COBIT, SOX, FISMA, HIPAA, NIST, DOD STIGS, ISO 17799 etc, for Risk Vision product.
Compliance Manager, Policy Manager, Enterprise Risk Management, Vendor Risk Management, Security/Operational Risk, Dashboard, Report

Vmware

Security Engineer -ESX Server -Virtualization

Mar 2008 – Oct 2008 · 7 mos

Cold Migration hot Migration & Vulnerability Analysis of ESX servers
Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Analysis and memory hardening.
Develop the integration and automation strategy around multiple VM toolsets

Bodhtree

Sr security consultant

Jan 2007 – Jan 2008 · 1 yr

Citrix

Software Engineer -Identy management and Access controls

Dec 2006 – Feb 2008 · 1 yr 2 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

Implementation understanding of IDM products like Site Minder, Citrix IDM and access control, ESX, Virtualization, Cloud and also SSO implementation.
Manual security testing, Mobile security testing, Data base security testing on SQL injection, XSS, CSRF and Session Management and Network security Assessment/Testing.
Single Sin On, Radius, Samba, AIX, Solaris and Active Directory,Google app.